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  2. Haft-sin - Wikipedia

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    The painting depicts Haft-seen symbols of Nowruz being related to elements of Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and the three life forms of Humans, Animals and Plants. Haft-seen table. Haft Seen or Haft sin ( Persian : هفت‌سین ) is an arrangement of seven symbolic items which names start with the letter " س " (pronounced as "seen"), the 15th ...

  3. List of festivals in Iran - Wikipedia

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    Haft Seen traditional table of Norouz Sofre-ye Haft-Sin : sofre (tablecloth), haft (seven), sin (the letter S [س]). Al-Bīrūnī said: Haft-sin came from Jamshid since he destroyed the evil that made Persian lands weak, so on the first day of Iranian calendar people celebrated Norouz and they put 7 different symbolic items on their table as a ...

  4. Nowruz - Wikipedia

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    Typically, before the arrival of Nowruz, family members gather around the Haft-sin table and await the exact moment of the March equinox to celebrate the New Year. [81] [82] The number 7 and the letter S are related to the seven Ameshasepantas as mentioned in the Zend-Avesta. They relate to the four elements of Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and the ...

  5. Haft sin table - Wikipedia

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  6. Allegory of Prudence - Wikipedia

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    The Allegory of Prudence (c. 1550–1565) is an oil-on-canvas painting attributed to the Italian artist Titian and his assistants. The painting portrays three human heads, each facing in a different direction, above three animal heads (from left to right, a wolf, a lion and a dog).

  7. Heads in heraldry - Wikipedia

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    A Turk's head couped in the arms of the Hungarian town Komádi.. The heads of humans and other animals are frequently occurring charges in heraldry.The blazon, or heraldic description, usually states whether an animal's head is couped (as if cut off cleanly at the neck), erased (as if forcibly ripped from the body), or cabossed (turned affronté without any of the neck showing).

  8. Seven deadly sins - Wikipedia

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    Detail of Pride from The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things by Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1500. Pride, also known as hubris (from Ancient Greek ὕβρις) or futility, is considered the original and worst of the seven deadly sins on almost every list, the most demonic. [38] It is also thought to be the source of the other capital sins.

  9. Passover Seder plate - Wikipedia

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    At her next Seder, she used an orange as a symbol of inclusion for lesbians, gays, and others who are marginalized by the Jewish community. Participants eat a segment of the orange, spitting out the seeds as a symbol of rejecting homophobia. [10] Olive – An olive to express solidarity with Palestinians has been added to some seder plates.